Overalls



(No Model.)

A. M. LUNDGARD.

OVBBALLS.

No, 5863,10'2. Patented July 13, 1897.

IN VEN T 0R WITNESSES'.

ANTON M. LUNDGARD, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,102, dated July 13,1897. Application filed April 3, 1897. Serial No. 630,568. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ANTON M. LUNDGARZD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State ofIowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in OverallGarments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make an d use the same.

My invention relates to overall garments of that class or descriptionwhich comprises a pants or leg portion and a jacket or body portion madein a continuous single piece; and the object is to provide an improvedconstruction of the same whereby when the wearer stoops the strain uponthe garment is relieved, thus not only obviating liability of tearing orotherwise injuring the garment, but rendering it'more comfortable to thewearer.

The invention consists, essentially, in a garment of the abovedescription having a horizontal slit or opening made in the back thereofat or near the junction of the leg and body portions, and an enlargedstrip or piece of material inserted in said opening and secured to theedges thereof, and adapted when the wearer assumes an upright positionto form a fold or plait, and to be distended or extended when a stoopingposition is assumed, in combination with a stiff strip one end of whichis secured to the back of said body portion, while the free end engageswith said folded portion or plait, and an elastic strip secured to saidinsertion and the back of the garment, as hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of anoverall garment constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is asimilar View, the front of the garment being broken away to show theinsertion in the back and the connections. Fig. 3 is a detail view ofthe same, showing the insertion distended, as when the wearer assumes astooping position. Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal section of aportion of the body, taken on the line a: cc, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is asimilar view showing the insertion distended. Fig. 6 is a horizontalsectional view on the line y y, Fig. 2, showing covers or pockets forthe stiff and elastic strips.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral l designates the garment,consisting of the pants or leg portion 2 and the jacket or body portion3, made in one continuous piece, and the body portion provided withsleeves 4, and also formed with a front opening the edges of which areprovided with buttons and buttonholes, as usual. The back of the garmentat or near the junction of the leg and body portions is formed with atransverse or horizontal slit or openings, to the edges of which issecured an enlarged strip or piece A, which, when the wearer assumes anerect position,

will fold down or form a plait, as seen in Fig. e

4. Secured to the back of the garment is a downwardly-extending strip C,of Celluloid, whalebone, or other stiff material, the lower or free endof which is adapted to engage with the saidv insertion and cause thesame to fold, as in Fig. 4.

The letter D designates a headed rivet by which the said strip issecured to the garment, and to the head thereof is connected a rubber orother elastic strip E, the lower end of which is connected with a buttonB, secured to said insertion. The letters F and G designate covers orpockets for the stiff and elastic strips, respectively.

In use when the wearer of the garment is in an erect position theinsertion will be folded, as seen in Fig. 4, the lower end of the stiifstrip engaging with said fold. When the wearer stoops, however, the backof the garment will ride up, carrying with it said strip and allowingthe insertion to be distended, thus relieving the garment of the strain.Vhen the wearer again resumes his erect position, the elastic strip willcontract and fold the said insertion.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- In an overallgarment comprising the leg and body portions made in a single continuouspiece, of the piece inserted in the back of the garment at or near the junction of the leg and body portions, the stiff strip secured at Intestimony whereof I have signed this its upper end to said back and itslower end specification in the presence of two subscribengaging withsaid insertion, and the elastic. ing witnesses.

band or strip secured to said insertion at its ANTON M. LUNDGARD. lowerend and its upper end connected with Witnesses:

the back of the garment, substantially as de- HANS J. WINTHERLIOH,

scribed. FoRREsT SMITH.

